“Ta-de-Laoshi Dang-de-Hao” Construction: A Cognitive Grammar Perspective

"NP1- de-NP2+V- de-R" Construction, represented by " Ta-de-Laoshi Dang-de-Hao" has two related issues.One is the nature of the sentence-initial "NP1- de-NP2" phrase and the other is the generative path of its sentence structure.Compared with existing research, the explanation from the perspective of Cognitive Grammar attaches more importance to the conceptual import of the surface structure and the correspondences between the conceptual constituents.The two constituents of the sentence, namely "NP1- de-NP2" and "NP2 V- de-R", both have a reference point relationship as their conceptual import.The correspondences of the two reference point relations license the surface structure of the sentence.The analysis of the conceptual import of the construction via general cognitive abilities offers a new approach to the account of the form/meaning mismatch.